Regional distribution of technology-intensive manufacturing industries in the czech republic with an accent on risk of delocalisation (original) (raw)

The goal of this ar ticle is to de ter mi ne whe ther low ca pi tal in tensi ve firms, cha rac te ri sed by low pro ducti vi ty and low le vel of R&D acti vi ties that ope ra te in tech no lo gi cal ly in tensi ve bran ches of the Czech ma nu factu ring in dustry, tend to be lo ca li sed in eco no mi cal ly lag ging re gi ons which are at tracti ve for costs se eking FDI. We wanted to de ter mi ne to the Czech re gi ons that are more threa te ned by de lo ca li sati on of ma nu factu ring acti vi ties. The as sess ment of com pa nies' lo ca li sati on sta bi li ty is based on 3 eco no mic in di ca tors re pre sen ting in ter nal keep-fac tors of de lo ca li sati on -capi tal in tensi ty, com ple xi ty of va lue cha in, and so phis ti cati on of pro ducti on pro ces ses. We did not con firm the hy po the sis on con cen t rati on of fo o tlo o se firms in eco no mi cal ly lag ging dis tricts with high unem ploy ment and ac ces si bi li ty of in vest ment in cen ti ves. The se firms, which are con si de red to be the most pre disposed for de lo ca li sati on, are ge o gra phi cal ly dis per sed. Lo ca li sati on of tech no lo gi cal ly in tensi ve bran ches cor re sponds ne i ther to the sett le ment hi e rar chy nor to the eco no mic per for man ce of dis tricts. Re gi o nal dif fe ren ces of in di ca tors of lo ca li sati on sta bi li ty exhibit a strong path dependency effect. Key words: de lo ca li sati on, ma nu factu ring, re gi o nal dis pa ri ties, Czech Republic JEL Clas si fi cati on: L16, L23, L25, O18